Tying the Fly on??

Is there a preferred way to insert the tippet though the eye of the
hook depending on the type of fly? (Up thru or down thru the eye?)

Tony

"Tony & Barb Vellturo" wrote in message
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Is there a preferred way to insert the tippet though the eye of the
hook depending on the type of fly? (Up thru or down thru the eye?)

Tony

hilarious; and just when ya thought that every possible question had
been asked...

wayno (sorry, but i don't know the answer, tony)

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"Tony & Barb Vellturo" wrote in message
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Is there a preferred way to insert the tippet though the eye of the
hook depending on the type of fly? (Up thru or down thru the eye?)

Tony

hilarious; and just when ya thought that every possible question had
been asked...

wayno (sorry, but i don't know the answer, tony)




For a cinch knot, it should make no difference. I suspect it makes a huge
difference for a Turle knot, though.

Scott

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"Tony & Barb Vellturo" wrote in message
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Is there a preferred way to insert the tippet though the eye of the
hook depending on the type of fly? (Up thru or down thru the eye?)

Tony

hilarious; and just when ya thought that every possible question had
been asked...

wayno (sorry, but i don't know the answer, tony)




For a cinch knot, it should make no difference. I suspect it makes a huge
difference for a Turle knot, though.

I read somewhere before I was a fly fisherman that up through the eye was
better. I remember this because they mentioned that its easier to thread it
down through (with a TDE hook) so most fishermen were doing it wrong. Not
having the appropriate congnitive framework to assimilate that paragidm
meant that I was unable to encode the information in a manner that
effectively let me decode and recall it later, however.

--riverman
(Gotta get my head OUT of these education grad school classes!!!)

My fishing mentor and full-gospel life's work critic, pj, claimed i was
doing something wrong tying an improved clinch by threading bottom to
top (up from the bend of hook). I allowed (silently of course) as how
he was full of **** as the way the fly floated or the purchase of the
clinch knot were not affected by the threading direction. I'm sure the
bend of the eye and the particular knot may implicate a particular
direction for the threading process, but i don't think any of the knots
i tie on hook eyes (clinch, improved clinch, and palomar) are affected.

jeff

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Is there a preferred way to insert the tippet though the eye of the
hook depending on the type of fly? (Up thru or down thru the eye?)

Tony

hilarious; and just when ya thought that every possible question had
been asked...

wayno (sorry, but i don't know the answer, tony)




For a cinch knot, it should make no difference. I suspect it makes a huge
difference for a Turle knot, though.


I read somewhere before I was a fly fisherman that up through the eye was
better. I remember this because they mentioned that its easier to thread it
down through (with a TDE hook) so most fishermen were doing it wrong. Not
having the appropriate congnitive framework to assimilate that paragidm
meant that I was unable to encode the information in a manner that
effectively let me decode and recall it later, however.

--riverman
(Gotta get my head OUT of these education grad school classes!!!)

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My fishing mentor and full-gospel life's work critic, pj, claimed i
was doing something wrong tying an improved clinch by threading bottom
to top (up from the bend of hook). I allowed (silently of course) as
how he was full of **** as the way the fly floated or the purchase of
the clinch knot were not affected by the threading direction. I'm
sure the bend of the eye and the particular knot may implicate a
particular direction for the threading process, but i don't think any
of the knots i tie on hook eyes (clinch, improved clinch, and palomar)
are affected.

jeff

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Is there a preferred way to insert the tippet though the eye of the
hook depending on the type of fly? (Up thru or down thru the eye?)

Tony

hilarious; and just when ya thought that every possible question
had
been asked...

wayno (sorry, but i don't know the answer, tony)




For a cinch knot, it should make no difference. I suspect it makes a
huge difference for a Turle knot, though.


I read somewhere before I was a fly fisherman that up through the eye
was better. I remember this because they mentioned that its easier to
thread it down through (with a TDE hook) so most fishermen were doing
it wrong. Not having the appropriate congnitive framework to
assimilate that paragidm meant that I was unable to encode the
information in a manner that effectively let me decode and recall it
later, however.

--riverman
(Gotta get my head OUT of these education grad school classes!!!)




I prefer my eggs broken on the small end.

Scott

On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 10:11:06 GMT, (Tony & Barb
Vellturo) wrote:

Is there a preferred way to insert the tippet though the eye of the
hook depending on the type of fly? (Up thru or down thru the eye?)

Tony


Not of any help, but I'm just so damn glad to get it through the eye
that I don't care which direction my fumbling fingers and tumbling fly
have come to be.
--

rbc:vixen,Minnow Goddess,Willow Watcher,and all that sort of thing.
Often taunted by trout.
Only a fool would refuse to believe in luck. Only a damn fool would rely on it.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli

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On Wed, 30 Jun 2004 10:11:06 GMT, (Tony & Barb
Vellturo) wrote:

Is there a preferred way to insert the tippet though the eye of the
hook depending on the type of fly? (Up thru or down thru the eye?)

Tony


Not of any help, but I'm just so damn glad to get it through the eye
that I don't care which direction my fumbling fingers and tumbling fly
have come to be.

true that! i'm gonna have to start bringing my reading glasses along with
me when i fish, and a flaslight for tying at dusk- had to have my son
"thread" a couple flies for me this week because the eye was so small; my
increasingly compromised eyesight failed me.
damn old age! :-(

plus, sometimes it can be a challenge to get to the eye through the fur
surounding it.




--

rbc:vixen,Minnow Goddess,Willow Watcher,and all that sort of thing.
Often taunted by trout.
Only a fool would refuse to believe in luck. Only a damn fool would rely
on it.

http://www.visi.com/~cyli

snakefiddler notes:
had to have my son
"thread" a couple flies for me this week because the eye was so small; my
increasingly compromised eyesight failed me.
damn old age! :-(

they make special magnifiers which clip onto the inside of hatbrims for just
such senior moments. I have relied on one for the past couple of years(after a
couple more years trying to kid myself that I didn't need such help).
Tom

"Tom Littleton" wrotecom...
snakefiddler notes:
had to have my son
"thread" a couple flies for me this week because the eye was so small; my
increasingly compromised eyesight failed me.
damn old age! :-(

they make special magnifiers which clip onto the inside of hatbrims for just
such senior moments.

Nice things, those. I got a set from the Penns raffle that Mr. Reid contributed.
They really come in handy, especially in low light situations.
--
TL,
Tim
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